gĩthũnũ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• githunu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣèðònó/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.

Noun

gĩthũnũ class 7 (plural ithũnũ)

1. roughly built hut
2. initiation candidates' hut built adjacent to the women's sleeping place of the senior co-wife's hut

See also

• (initiation candidates' hut): kĩganda